U-Med Road Developers Need Permission from BLM Because of Land Patents
The original land patents for some of UAA's land restrict its use "for school purposes only" and could impact the U-Med District Access Road.
AK: Tundra Love
Right now the tundra and forests of Bristol Bay are exploding with flora. While many foragers have already supped on fiddlehead ferns and are looking forward to wild berry picking, some may overlook the traditional medicinal uses of many Alaskan plants. Two Dillingham women set out to capture the benefits of these native plants in a line of homemade bath products – they call it “Tundra Love.”
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Ketchikan Welcomes A Canine to Search And Rescue Squad
Ketchikan’s volunteer rescue service recently added a new four-legged team member. Pace has a great nose, tons of energy and the drive needed for what to her is a fun game. For the people she finds, though, it’s as serious as life or death.
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Repsol announces significant oil find on North Slope — nearly 6,700 barrels per day
The Spanish oil company Repsol has confirmed that two of their North Slope test wells could produce up to 2.4 million barrels of oil per year. The prospect is near the Colville Delta, north of Nuiqsut.
Urban gatherers find free salads outside their doors
Looking for salad ingredients? Want a new type of tea? No need to head to the store, just look outside your door--even if you live in the middle of the city. Some Anchorage residents are urban gatherers.
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Alaska Eagles Supply Feathers to Lower 48 Tribes
When an eagle dies in Alaska, its feathers may end up in a powwow — or on a graduation cap — somewhere in the Lower 48. That’s because of a federal program connecting tribes, raptor centers and wildlife officials.
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Juneau to become third city in Alaska to shelter high-risk homeless
Juneau will become the third city in Alaska to offer permanent supportive housing to the high-risk, chronically homeless. Those are the people who have been on the streets the longest, and may suffer from addiction or mental health issues.
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ASD To Revise Suspension Policy
The Anchorage School Board passed the first reading of a new suspension policy on Monday evening, but they plan to delve deeper into the issue later this summer.
Green Business: Alaska’s First Cannabis Career Fair Held in Anchorage
This weekend, Alaska saw its first-ever job fair for careers in commercial cannabis, offering a glimpse of how the semi-legal marijuana industry is taking tentative steps towards professionalism and profits.
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As Marijuana Rules Take Shape, A Focus on Local Control
Emerging rules are modeled on commercial alcohol sales, with regulators hoping to learn from past mistakes in Washington and Colorado.
AK: A teenager and his past
It’s graduation season for Alaska’s high school seniors. Earning a diploma marks a milestone in a person’s life. And for one Juneau student, that milestone is especially sweet after his high school experience was interrupted with several trips to juvenile detention.
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Heroin Hits Home: Small Airlines Are The Drug’s Major Inroad
Federal officials say they intercepted nearly ten times as much heroin coming into Alaska in 2014 than compared to 2013. State law enforcement officials say heroin gets into Bethel mainly on low-security, small airline passenger flights.
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#StickFigureAK uses art to spark community
A new statewide art initiative inspire every one of every ability to express themselves through stick figures.
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Need to Get Away? Why Not Build An Airplane
Most of us are firming up our summer plans right about now. For one Seattle family, that means getting their home-built plane ready for their annual trip to the most isolated parts of Alaska.
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Protests continue outside LIO over education funding and medicaid expansion
Alaskans express their frustration at the legislature about education funding through song.
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Heroin Hits Home: City of Bethel Forms Heroin Task Force
Heroin use in Alaska is on the rise. This is the second in a series of three stories about the impacts of heroin in Bethel and how the community is fighting it. The City of Bethel is organizing a multi-agency heroin task force.
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As Negotiations Continue, Little Public Action From Legislature
With negotiations over the state’s multi-billion-dollar budget deficit still underway, the Alaska House and Senate met in brief and uneventful floor sessions over the weekend. But legislative leaders say there has been some progress on a compromise between the Republican Majority and Democratic Minority.
“Summer of Blubber” now live from Round Island
Walrus fans everywhere can now watch the thousands of walruses sunning on Round Island live via a new set of walrus cams.
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Summit builds community through hip hop culture and history
Hip Hop is more than just music and dancing; it’s a culture based on bringing people together. That was the message during this weekend’s All Tribes Hip Hop Cultural Heritage Summit at Begich Middle School in East Anchorage.
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Museum of the North Rolls Out A New Exhibit: DINOSAURS!
The University of Alaska Museum of the North opens a new exhibit Saturday. “Expedition Alaska: Dinosaurs” gives visitors the opportunity to experience paleontologists quest and what they’re finding in an underexplored region.
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